Digital Commons Network^™

Minutes From The December 4, 2014 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the December 4, 2014 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2014, Tennessee. Department Of Treasury.

TCRS Financial Reports

No abstract provided.

Discovering A Gold Mine Of U.S. Government Information: Exploring The Hathitrust Catalog And Its Rich Veins, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

The Hathitrust Catalog provides researchers at member institutions with exponentially expanded access to historical U.S. Government information resources. This presentation describes how researchers can use this resource to conduct substantive research using government information resources on public policy issues such as Internal Revenue Service program problems, infectious diseases such as Ebola, and U.S. foreign relations with the former Soviet Union/Russian Federation.

The Montclarion, December 04, 2014, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Summary Of Nv Energy V. Nev. Dept. Of Taxation, 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 93, Ashleigh Wise

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that NRS 372.270 is not severable because the legislative intent of the statute was to protect local mines and the exemption does not extend to all mine and mineral proceeds. The Court also determined that violations of the dormant Commerce Clause are remedied by compensating for the negative impact to the claimant as measured by the unfair advantage provided to the claimant’s competitors.

Genetic And Environmental Variation In Condition, Cutaneous Immunity, And Haematocrit In House Wrens, Scott K. Sakaluk, Laura A. Vogel, Alastair J. Wilson, E. Keith Bowers, L. Scott Johnson, Brian S. Masters, Bonnie Gp Johnson, Anna M. Forsman, Charles F. Thompson

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Background

Life-history studies of wild bird populations often focus on the relationship between an individual’s condition and its capacity to mount an immune response, as measured by a commonly-employed assay of cutaneous immunity, the PHA skin test. In addition, haematocrit, the packed cell volume in relation to total blood volume, is often measured as an indicator of physiological performance. A multi-year study of a wild population of house wrens has recently revealed that those exhibiting the highest condition and strongest PHA responses as nestlings are most likely to be recruited to the breeding population and to breed through two years …

The Alestle - Vol. 67. No. 15 - 12/04/2014, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 67. No. 15

The Cowl - V.79 - N.12 - Dec 4, 2014

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol 79 - No. 12 - December 4, 2014. 24 pages.

The Unseen World: Environmental Microbial Sequencing And Identification Methods For Ecologists, Naupaka Zimmerman, Jacques Izard, Christian Klatt, Jizhong Zhou, Emma Aronson

Department of Food Science and Technology: Faculty Publications

Archaea, bacteria, microeukaryotes, and the viruses that infect them (collectively “microorganisms”) are foundational components of all ecosystems, inhabiting almost every imaginable environment and comprising the majority of the planet’s organismal and evolutionary diversity. Microorganisms play integral roles in ecosystem functioning; are important in the biogeochemical cycling of carbon (C), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), phosphorus (P), and various metals (eg Barnard et al. 2005); and may be vital to ecosystem responses to large-scale climatic change. Rarely found alone, microorganisms often form complex communities that are dynamic in space and time. For these and other reasons, ecologists and environmental scientists have become …

A Scientometric Assessment Of Indian Himalayan R&D Publications During 2004-13, Brij Mohan Gupta Dr, Ritu Gupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper analyses 9909 global and 4862 Indian Himalayan R&D publications, as covered in Scopus database during 2004-13. It compares the contribution, citation impact and international collaborative publications share of top 10 most productive countries, and the place of Indiaamong them. It mainly examines Indian output, with a focus its annual average growth rate (13.21%), citation impact per paper (1.86%), distribution of citations (with 62.40% publications received one or more citations), share of international collaborative papers (16.29%) and contribution of leading collaborative countries, distribution of output by broad subject areas, publication productivity and citation impact of thirty leading institutions and …

Hubbard V. State Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 41718

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Culley Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42109

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Generating Technical Data For Strategic Source Of Repair (Ssor) & Source Of Repair Assignment Process (Sorap), Brent A. Carlsen

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

SDL Presentation on SSOR and SORAP Technical Data

A Booster Intervention In A Connecticut Correctional Institution: A Pilot Study, Annette T. Maruca

Doctoral Dissertations

Archival abstract submitted

College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2014, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects

Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge. The senior design competition helps focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects on …

Do Gasoline Prices Affect Residential Property Values?, Adele C. Morris, Helen R. Neill

Brookings Mountain West Publications

This paper estimates the effect of gasoline prices on home values and explores the degree to which the relationship varies across a city. Using data from 930,702 home sales in Clark County, Nevada, from 1976 through 2010, we find that gasoline prices have significantly different effects on the sales price of homes in different neighborhoods. A ten percent increase in gasoline prices is associated with changes in location-specific average home values that span a range of over $13,000. This suggests that energy policies may affect household housing wealth via gasoline prices, a heretofore unrecognized distributional outcome.

Cloud Peak Energy V. State Department Of Revenue: Finding An “Apples To Apples” Comparison For The Market Value Of Coal In Non-Arm’S Length Transactions, Brianne Mcclafferty

Montana Law Review Online

No abstract provided.

Rationale & Literature Review Of Vocational Training Tools & Skill Implementation In Mental Health Populations, Matthew R. Olivier

Honors Theses

Persons diagnosed with any type of cognitive impairment are oftentimes given labels by society members; they face unjust hardship, and unfounded prejudice because of it, especially in workplace settings. In Kalamazoo, Michigan two different programs - that exclusively work with mentally ill adults – actively seek to counteract these unjust labels by using work-related exposure. The goal is to increase job competence, self-efficacy, safety, and the social participation of the members of these programs. Both programs required supplemental training tools to help their workers’ transition into their new roles. The populations served were 1) patients working for the Kalamazoo Psychiatric …

Stand Structure And Acorn Production Of The Island Scrub Oak (Quercus Pacifica), Mario B. Pesendorfer, Kathryn M. Langin, Brian Cohen, Zachary Principe, Scott A. Morrison, T. Scott Sillett

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica), a keystone chaparral species on Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Santa Catalina islands, provides habitat for a diverse assemblage of plant and animal species. The restoration of oak habitat is a management priority, but little is known about Q. pacifica stand structure and acorn production, 2 parameters that are important in the species’ recovery. To investigate whether species interactions and abiotic conditions have an effect on stand structure and acorn production, we sampled within-stand densities, tree sizes, and acorns in the 3 island populations that have been exposed to different herbivores, seed predators, …

The Eastern Echo, December 4, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Vista: December 4, 2014, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Summary Of Nevada Ass’N. Servs. V. Eighth Jud. Dist., 130 Nev. Adv. Op. 94, Michael Valiente

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The voluntary payment doctrine provides an affirmative defense to a claim for the recovery of money that a plaintiff voluntarily paid. The duress/coercion exception to the voluntary payment doctrine requires the plaintiff show no reasonable alternative to payment existed. Additionally, the defense of property exception requires the plaintiff show an imminent risk of losing the property.

Cross V. Vandyke: Admitted Only Means Admitted, Tyler Stockton

Montana Law Review Online

Five delegates to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention sued to block Lawrence VanDyke’s (“VanDyke”) name from appearing on the ballot as a candidate for the Montana Supreme Court, arguing he did not meet the minimum eligibility requirements. The Court, in a 4–3 vote, found VanDyke eligible because Article VII, Section 9(1) of the Montana Constitution only requires one be “admitted” to the Montana Bar and not “admitted” and on “Active Status” per the Montana Bar ByLaws.

Appeal No. 0861: Big Sky Energy, Inc., V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Orders 2014-43 & 2014-44; (Miller #1 Well; bond forfeiture; Cincinnati Insurance Co.)

Appeal No. 0860: Big Sky Energy, Inc., V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Orders 2014-43 & 2014-44; (Miller #1 Well; bond forfeiture; Cincinnati Insurance Co.)

“Still Moving”, Jacqueline Harlee Trautman

Honors Capstones

No abstract provided.

Quaker Campus, December 4, 2014 (Vol. 101, Issue 13), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

No abstract provided.

A Giant Leap For The Montana Law Review, Jim Nelson

Montana Law Review Online

The Editors in Chief of the Montana Law Review asked me to write a piece to kickoff the new MLR website. Specifically, I was asked to comment on one or both of the student notes referred to on the website: State v. Cooksey and Montana Cannabis Industry Association v. State of Montana. I agreed to do that. But there was more I wanted to say and the Editors very graciously gave me the liberty to write what I wanted. Law review pieces are typically compartmentalized, and I’ll endeavor to follow that format, although this is certainly not a scholarly …

State V. Zunick: Second Guessing A First Impression, James Murnion

Montana Law Review Online

State v. Zunick presented the Montana Supreme Court with a question of first impression: what constitutes a proper colloquy under Montana Code Annotated § 46–12–211(4), and when must the colloquy occur? This statute governs the process of when a district court judge refuses to accept the terms of a plea agreement following the entry of a guilty plea. Specifically at issue in this case is the statute’s requirement that the court allow the defendant an opportunity to withdraw his guilty plea following a deviation from the agreed-upon sentence.

This note first examines how a defendant could historically withdraw a plea …

The Pacifican December 4, 2014, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.